Rekognition
Match a selfie to an ID photo and run liveness checks with Amazon Rekognition, available as a pre-built connector in Zenoo flows.
At a glance
Overview
Rekognition overview
Amazon Rekognition is AWS's image and video analysis service. In an onboarding context it is used for face comparison, matching a selfie to the photo on an ID document, and for its Face Liveness feature, which checks that a real person is present rather than a photo or replay. It suits teams already building on AWS who want biometric checks as part of a wider verification flow.
- Company
- Amazon Web Services
- Category
- Biometrics
- Strongest in
- Face comparison and liveness for AWS-based builds
- Best fit
- Engineering teams on AWS adding biometric checks to a flow
Where it is strongest
Key strengths
What Rekognition does well.
Face comparison and liveness
Compares a live selfie against an ID photo and offers a Face Liveness check to counter photo and video spoofing, both core steps in remote identity verification.
AWS-native and pay as you go
Runs as a managed AWS service with usage-based pricing and scales with demand, which fits teams already invested in the AWS platform.
Building block, not a black box
Exposes the underlying biometric primitives, giving engineering teams control over how face matching and liveness fit into their own decision logic.
Who it suits
Best for
Where Rekognition fits, and what to plan for.
Honest notes on the trade-offs, each with a way to cover the gap inside a Zenoo flow.
- Teams already building on AWS who want biometric face matching and liveness
- Engineering-led builds that want low-level control over verification steps
- Adding a selfie-to-document check inside a broader onboarding flow
- A component, not a full IDV product. Rekognition provides face comparison and liveness, not document authentication, data checks, or a compliance decision. Pair it with a document verification provider in the same Zenoo flow to complete the journey.
- You own the orchestration. As an AWS primitive it leaves capture, retries, thresholds, and audit logging to you. Zenoo handles that surrounding journey so the biometric call is one step rather than a project.
Open the customer's case
What your team sees
The Rekognition result, beside everything else.
The result sits with screening and review on one case, so nobody checks a second tool to see the whole customer.
What you can build
- Matching a selfie to an ID document photo during remote onboarding
- Adding a liveness check to counter photo and replay spoofing
About Rekognition
FAQs
Rekognition questions.
Does Rekognition verify identity documents?
Its focus is face comparison and liveness, not document authentication or data verification. Most teams pair it with a document verification provider in the same Zenoo flow.
Is Rekognition a full identity verification product?
No, it is a biometric building block within AWS. Zenoo lets you combine it with document, data, and screening providers to form a complete onboarding decision.
Hands it to your team
Verification is the first step. Compliance Hub handles the rest.
Once a customer is verified, screening and review happen in Compliance Hub. A possible PEP match lands in your team inbox with the evidence and the full history beside it. Zenoo suggests, your team decides.
Pairs well with
VeriffAdd document authentication alongside biometric face matching.IF
IDLive FaceAdd passive liveness detection as an alternative or additional check.CO
ComplyAdvantageAdd sanctions and adverse media screening in the same flow. Alternatives
FaceTecBiometrics · FaceTec, Inc.IP
iProovBiometrics · iProov LtdDA
DaonBiometrics · Daon, Inc. More in biometrics
Tomorrow, your case
Bring us a case that went wrong.
We will run it through Zenoo while you watch: the evidence, the decision, and the record your MLRO would want to defend.
30 minutes. Your data. No slides.